re: Is the left lane driving issue getting worse?

Just like the cell phone law that just went into effect... just as many still on their phones.

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Two cars are traveling side by side on the interstate going along around 70MPH with nobody blocking the way ahead of them. Neither one of these dolts speeds up or slows down, creating a barrier for any faster vehicles

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The responsibility in this situation falls 100% on the person in the left/passing lane. The car in the right lane is perfectly okay and not doing anything wrong.

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Local drivers know where these crappy lane segments are and drive to protect their tires and suspensions. If they are going at the posted speed limit based on their knowledge of local conditions, are you justified in loading the ballistic missiles into the front of your James Bond Aston Martin to clear the road so you can go faster and smoother?

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When there is traffic behind them they need to move over.

The law says, "yield the left lane to faster traffic." It does not say, ""yield the left lane to faster traffic, unless your dimwitted arse is doing the speed limit and you are afraid to hit a bump."

And to add to what I said, cellphones also make it to where far less people make it through a light cycle these days. Too many people have to look up first (before any of us can go anywhere), and that takes way longer than it should

More than likely they are Texans

I saw a baw with 2 decals on his back window the other day

One had an arrow pointing left saying “that lane is for passing” and the other pointing right saying “that lane is for driving and merging”

First thought was he had to post here

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Nope. I see it time and time again. Two cars are traveling side by side on the interstate going along around 70MPH with nobody blocking the way ahead of them. Neither one of these dolts speeds up or slows down, creating a barrier for any faster vehicles.

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Ah, but that's the one point we disagree on: the driver in the right lane has no responsibility to adjust his speed in order to appease the jackass piece of human trash who's taking up the left lane and slowing the flow of traffic.

In dog training, we call this negative reinforcement, and it's counterproductive.

And so, sometimes, just remember that the right lane driver (i.e., me) is well aware of the unfolding scenario and is simply trolling the son of a bitch in a vain last ditch effort to try to make the world just a little bit better of a place: I want his arse to feel the draft and the fury and the embarrassment; all the while I'm watching his body language hoping and praying that the ignorant bastard finally realizes how stupid he is and self-corrects.

If he shows any amount of cognition to the cluster of emotions that he has caused, ONLY THEN will I speed up or slow down. The only caveat to how long this method of societal cleansing goes on is the driving style of the enraged, unfortunate motorist who has found himself trapped behind the left lane cruiser*.

And yes, it has gotten much worse.

*Left Lane Cruiser is a bad arse band, btw.

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Most people have zero situational awareness. They don't consider how their actions might affect others. And then some just don't give a shite.

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100%. It's just like the people that will block the right turning lane at a stop light so they are "first" instead of having two cars in front of them in the other lane at a busy intersection. These shmohawks are extremely selfish.

They are just financing more and more nissans for the proletariat these days.